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Patented Dec. 8, 1-896.

I P E EEEEEEE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CONIVAY, OF UNION, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWQ-TIIIRDS TO BERNARDFEENEY AND WALTER I. MCCQY' WASHTUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,597, dated December8, 1896.

Application filed May 1, 1895. Serial No. 547,714. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN CONWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the town of Union, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined VVashtuband Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises certain improvements both in laundry-tubs and inironingboards adapted to be supported thereon and used in connectiontherewith.

So far as the tub itself is concerned my invention especially relates tothe strengthening of the tub when made of stone and supporting itsseveral parts together without the use of bolts passing through thestone. Such bolts as heretofore used on stone tubs have by theirexpansion and contraction caused the breaking of the tub, while thecorrosion of the bolts has caused the staining of clothes washed in thetubs. While my improved method of putting the tub together obviates thisobjection it also affords means for supporting the cover of the tubslightly above the edge of the tub, so affording ventilation to thelatter.

The means I employ for supporting the slabs of the tub I also utilizefor supporting on the tubs a hinged ironing-board, the special c011-struction and method of supporting which I will first describe withreference to the accompanying drawings, reserving for the claims thepointing out of the novel parts thereof.

In said drawings, Figure I is a top view of my improved washtub andironin g-board combined, the cover of the tub being removed. Fig. II isa front view thereof, the cover being on and a partof the ironing-boardbroken away. Fig. III is an end view of the same, the ironing-boardbeing shown elevated in position for use in full lines and lowered outof the way in dotted lines. Fig. IV is a plan view of the supportingmetallic frame for the stone slabs of the tub. Fig. V is a verticalsectional view thereof on the dotted line V V, Fig. IV. Fig. VI is aperspective view of one of the front corner-clamps of the frame. Fig.VII is a similar view of one of the rear cornerclamps thereof. Fig. VIIIis a perspective view of one of the center partition-clamps.

Fig. IX is an end View of the tub and ironing-board, showing anotherform of supporting-bracket.

A ston'e laundry-tub is made up of a bottom slab 1, an inclined frontslab 2, a vertical rear slab 3, end slabs 4, and one or morepartition-slabs 5. While certain forms of frames for such slabs haveheretofore been suggested, they are not, so far as I know, in use, andthe customary method of building up the tub is to fasten the severalslabs together by bolts, which in the course of time corrode, expand,and contract, and thus cause the injuries above alluded to.

The first part of my invention therefore relates to a form ofsupporting-frame which will do away entirely with the bolts and be ofsuch simplicity and readiness of use as to be practicable.

The main part of my frame is in three pieces, abottom skeleton frame 6and two end frames 7 7. These parts are suitably flanged and shouldered,so as to afford seating for one part on the other, as shown in Fig. V,and means for embracing and supporting the edges of the slabs; that isto say, the frame 6 has front and rear flanges 8 9, the former inclinedto the angle of the front slab of the tub and the latter vertical tocorrespond with the surface of the rear slab of the tub, while the endframes 7 comprise the upright flanged corner portions and the connectingbase portion and are in cross-section of V shape to embrace the endangles of the tub and correspond to the end outline of the tub, as shownin Fig. IX. They have seats or sills at 10 below the bottom slabsupporting flanges for the reception of the ends of the bottom frame 6.The bottom frame 6 and the end frames 7 are fastened together by bolts10, and the slabs 1 2 3 4 5 are then placed in the position shown inFig. I. I then apply to the front upper corners of the tub the clamps11, to the rear upper corners the clamps 12, and to the intermediateparts of the tubs edge, embracing and holding the partitions 5, theclamps 13. ends 7 are flush, or substantially so, with the upper edgesof the slabs 2 3 4, and the clamps 11, 12, and 13 seat upon and not inthe edge of the slabs 2 3 4 5, so that when the cover The upper edges ofthe frame 14 is put on the thickness of metal of the clamps will raisethe cover for a space 15 above the edges of the stone slabs, thusaffording ventilation to the tubs. The cover 14 may be applied in anypreferred manner, but I prefer to hinge the cover to a stationary strip16 by means of the hinges 14 and bolt its stationary part 16 to the rearclamps 12 13 by bolts or rivets 16. The clamps 11, 12, and 13 have theflat upper part 17, which lies on the upper edge of the tub, the angularfinger or fingers 18, which engage the inner angles of the tub, and theexterior flange 19, which engage the outer surface or angle of the tub.The corner clamps 11 12 have but a single finger 18, engaging the endangles of the tub, and the flange 19 in these clamps is angular inshapeto embrace the exterior corner of the tub; but on the clamp 13there are two fingers 18, which grasp the partition 5 between them, andthe outer flange 19 is flat, engaging the flat outer surface of the slab2 or The end frames 7 afford support for pins 20, whereon are pivotedarms 21, having a hooked end 22, wherein may be seated lugs 23 on theends of an ironing-board 24. The lugs 23 have enlarged heads 25 toprevent endwise movement of the ironing board. Brackets 26 are hinged at27 to the arms 21 and notched at their lower ends to engage pins 28 onthe end frames 7. The brackets 26 are adapted to hold the arms 21 andthe ironing-board 24 up in position for use, as shown in Figs. II andIII in full lines, or by dislodging the notched lower ends of thebrackets 26 from their supporting-pins 28 the latter may be pushed backand the ironingboard maybe allowed to drop into position shown in dottedlines in Fig. III.

The ironing-board may be readily removed from the supporting-arms 21 andreplaced, or one end may be readily lifted out to allow a garment to beslipped over that end. Sufficient looseness of engagement of the lug 23at one or both ends may be provided to enable the ready detachment ofone or both ends of the board.

In Fig. IX a slight modification is shown. The bracket 26, instead ofbeing rigid, as in Fig. III, is provided with a toggle butt-joint 29;but I consider these brackets equivalent. The stone slabs hereinreferred to may be of natural or artificial stone made of cement orequivalent material.

Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by LettersPatent:

1. In a washtub, the combination of the bottom, sides and end slabs 1,2, 3, 4, with the bottom skeleton frame-piece 6 extending from end toend of the tub and formed with front and rear flanges 8, 9, the twoone-piece end frames 7 comprising the upright flanged corner portionsand the connecting flanged base portion, means for securing the bottomand end frames together and clamps securing the upright portions of endframes to slabs at top, substantially as set forth.

2. In awashtub, the combination of the bottom, sides and end slabs 1, 2,3, 4, with the bottom skeleton fram e-piece 6 extending from end to endof the tub and formed with front and rear flanges S, 9, the twoone-piece end frames 7 comprising the upright flanged corner portionsand the connecting flanged base portion which also has a seat or sill 10below the bottom slab-supporting flange, bolts securing the bottom frameto the end frames, and clamps securing the slabs to the corner portionsof the end frames at top, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the stone slabs, the frame consisting of the mainparts 6, 7 and the clamps 11, 12 having fingers 1S and flanges 19arranged and adapted to clamp the slabs to the frame at top,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the stone slabs 1, 2,

3, 4, the supporting-frame thereof consisting of the bottom frame 6 endframes 7 and clamps 11, 12 extending above the edges of the tub and alid or cover for said tub supported upon said clamps, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination of the tub, the ironingboard, the arms having hooksto receive said ironing-board and hinged to the said tubs and thesupporting'brackets for said ironingboard, all arranged and adapted tooperate, substantially as set forth.

(3. The combination of the tub, supportingframe 6, 7, the arms 21 hingedto said frame and having hooked ends 22, the ironing-board 24 having endlugs 23 to engage said hooked ends of the arms 21 and the supportingbracket 26 for said-arms 21, all arranged and adapted to operate,substantially as set forth.

J GEN OONIVAY.

lVitnesses:

HARRY E. KNIGHT. M. V. Brncoon.

